Rail tie and fastener



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RAIL TIE AND FASTFNER. APPLICATION FILED AU.G=16, 192].

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PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON POKORNY, OF WYNDMERE, NORTH DAKOTA.

RAIL TIE AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

Application filed August 16; 1921. Serial No. 492,744.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON PonoRNY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at \Vyndmere, in the county of Richland and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Ties and Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful. improvement in rail tie. and fastener and has particular reference to a tie constructed to provide an anchoring sup port for a rail mounted thereon.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a rail tie and fastener wherein a rail is mounted in a transverse seat provided in the tie with a swingingly mounted bar carrying tensioned blocks 'at each end thereof for engaging the adjacent rail for anchoring the same on the tier,

A further object of the invention has reference to a tie provided with transverse seats with the rails slidably mounted in said. seats and interlocking with the ties without employing fastening bolts and similar devices for holding the rails in position on the ties.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and in which like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a rail tie and fastener constructed in accordance with the present invention with one of the hinged bars holding the rail in position on the tie moved to its inoperative position,

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention with the rails positioned therein and shown in section,

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view showing the tension block carried by the swinging bar on the tie for holding the rail in position on the tie,

Figure 4 is a side elevational View, partly in section of a modified form of tie showing the base flange of the rail anchored beneath an integral portion of the tie and a bolt anchored clamping block,

Figure 5 is a top plan View thereof showing one of the rails in section,

Figure 6 is a side elevationalview of an other modified form of the invention showing the rail engaging arms formed integral with the tie, and

Figure 7 is a top plan view of the same.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings and with particular reference to Figures 1 to 8, there is illustrated a supporting tie 1 having rails 2 mounted thereon, the opposite ends of the tie being provided with integral rail engaging clamps 3 overlying the base flanges of the rails. A bar 4 for anchoring the rails on the-tie 1 is pivotally mounted on the center bolt 5, each end of the bar being of increased cross sectional area as indicated by the reference numeral 6 and having an end opening recess 7 formed therein that confines a com pression coil spring 8 bearing against the shoe 9. The upper face of the end portion 6 of the bar 4 is provided with an elongated slot 10 through which a pin 11 carried by the shoe 9 projects. The inner faces of the rail webs as shown in Figure 1 are notched and serrated as at 12 for locking engagement with the serrated end 9 of the block. In mounting the rail on the tie, the bar 4 is moved to the position shown at the lower end of Figure 1 with the base flanges of the rail positioned beneath the integral clamps 3 of the tie. By moving the bar lon its pivot bolt 5, the shoes 9 or the serrated ends 9 thereof move into engagement with the serrated notches 12 on the rails 2, theshoes 9 moving inwardly of the sockets 7 against the tension of the springs 8 when passing over the rail with the springs maintaining the cooperating notched end of the shoe and rail web in engagement. To release the shoe from engagement with the rail, the

same is moved inwardly in the socket 7 against the tension of the spring 8 by shifting the pin 11 carried by the shoe in the slot 10, at which time the bar 4 may be moved on its pivot bolt 5 and the rails may then be removed from the tie.

A modified form of the invention is shown in Figures 4 and 5 wherein the tie 1 carries an integral flange 3 at each end thereof for overlying the base flanges of the rails 2, a rail engaging clamp 12 being mounted on the tie inwardly of the rail and secured thereto by the bolts 13, the outer bolts passing through the base flange of the rail to prevent creeping movement thereof relative to the tie. As shown at Figure 5, the

inner ends of the rail clamps 12 are secured t0 the tie by a single bolt while two bolts pas through the rail base flanges, but it is understood that any number of fastening bolts may be employed.

Still another form of the invention is shown in Figures 6 and 7, wherein the tie 1 is provided with transverse seats or groove for the base'flanges of a rail with integral rail engaging flanges 3 formed at each side of the rail seat, and in this form of the invention, the employment of fastening bolts for anchoring the rail is unnecessarys l/Vhile there are herein shown and described the preferred embodiments of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be 'made in the form, combination and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A rail tie and fastener comprising in combination With a tie having rail seats, and integral rail engaging clamps carried by the tie, a bar pivoted centrally of said tie and means carried by the end of said bar for engaging the rails to hold the same in position on thetie, said means including a of the bar.

2. A rail tieand fastener comprising in combination with a tie having rail seats, and integral rail engaging clamps carried by the tie, a bar pivoted centrally of said tieand means;v carried by theend of said bar for engaging the rails to hold the same in position on the tie, said means including tensioned shoes slidably mounted in the ends of the bar with the outer ends of the shoes and adjacent faces 01 the rails beingserrated to prevent slipping movement of the shoes on the rails 3.A rail tie and fastener comprising in combination with a tie having rail seats, and integral rail engaging clamps carried by the tie, a bar pivoted centrally of said tie and means carried by the end of said barlfor engaging the rails to hold the same in position on the tie, said means including tensioned devices movable axially of the bar for engaging the adjacent face of the rail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

v ANTON POKORNY. Witnesses:

E. J. KAPsNER, M. M. WEBER. f 

